Senior Accountant, Stores Accounting

Amazon • Nashville, TN

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon is a pioneering, dynamic, and energetic company that thrives on unique and peculiar ways. They are customer-obsessed and maintain a curious and vibrant culture, aiming to build a legacy as Earth’s most customer-centric company by hiring the best. If you are a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, makes bold decisions, and enjoys challenges, Amazon offers a flourishing career. Working at Amazon, you can expect a collaborative, team-driven environment that encourages learning, curiosity, and a bias for action. The company strongly encourages movement and growth within the Accounting department and the company as a whole, aiming to develop employees who will raise the bar throughout their careers. Amazon’s accounting group offers Senior Accountant opportunities in various areas including Legal Entity & Intercompany, Accounting Policy & Reporting, Operations and Capital, Transportation, Payments & Merchant Services, Retail Operations, Digital, and AWS Accounting.

Requirements

• 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of Fortune 500 operational accounting experience
• CPA
• Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
• Knowledge of GAAP research tools and the FASB codification
• Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
• Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions

Responsibilities

• Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting process.
• Understanding accounting and financial principles and how to apply them.
• Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls in their area and to design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.
• Execute judgments to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Analysis of complex processes and systems data.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior